as to serve as a kind of collar^', The^App’arel^is 'now/lisuse’d ifi.?in^f^datliolif
countries. By the "strings attache^1- t h e Apparel of Thomas Bechet, itiponld
appear that it was tied round" after all fhn? other vestments*4 ha||||ffi|n
put' on ; though it-JS^upposed~byji person.'deejplyacquainted' with tnllllpflect
that the strings -are comparatively modern. In |h e margin d^u'the' -^^peding
page the two examples of tn§ Apparel of the Amice ■ preserved
represented -complete; a portion of each ..is ‘given'! 'bnK"Qp.r ■ plitffce on a;~spald S e
fifth less than the dimensions of the originals.'-
Our. initial letter is taken from a manuscript at Roues, said 'ift|be of f c
twelfth century. It appears to represent - Sft; Michael .vampfishing thMa^^on,
S u e mode in which the long hair “'of the archangel is plaited, Jsip. houlid^imis
remarkable. The shield also is of a very primitive form.-
' .The other wood-cut represents a very elegant cover 'o m a m , itaken^frpm
ppfe of the sculptures of the Cathedral of: Qhartresv ‘><The'se‘"'early pe|igns of
book-covers are interesting for few of th‘e'*c'g\ orS themselves" have ttfsppP nri -
served. They were frequently adorned with^-ripfi^ metals^;m® valuabl^^Res,
which excited the rapacity of phinderers-and i_conoelasts.